On March 2, NBC’s Portland Oregon affiliate KGW channel 8 in an online article headlined “Feds quietly dismiss dozens of Portland protest cases, KGW found 31 of 90 protest cases have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Justice, despite warnings there would be ‘consequences for acts of violence,’” reported the following: Federal prosecutors have dismissed more than one-third of cases stemming from last summer’s violent protests in downtown Portland, when protesters clashed with federal agents. KGW reviewed federal court records and found 31 of the 90 protest cases have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Justice, including a mix of misdemeanor and felony charges.